Originally posted by SanelessI was giving him ideas, Not to mention those parts are great and in my 850 pc i built. Dont really see how they are random parts, they are the most important pieces to the system. The mobo, psu, and case can all be bought very cheap. Also i am assuming he already has a keyboard, monitor, mouse, ect.

Just because you bought something a year ago doesn't mean it makes sense to buy now. Or that it made sense to buy then.

The processor, in particular, is a bad idea. You pay most of the price premium to go with Intel rather than AMD, while giving up a considerable fraction of the extra performance by going with a lower clocked version of it.

Amd is cheaper, but not faster. Being a year old does not mean the item is not still good. It just means its cheaper and mostly likely still performs nearly the same as some of the new processors.

I was giving him ideas, Not to mention those parts are great and in my 850 pc i built. Dont really see how they are random parts, they are the most important pieces to the system. The mobo, psu, and case can all be bought very cheap. Also i am assuming he already has a keyboard, monitor, mouse, ect.

Your review doesn't detail what the games like in the rest of Act 1 or the later Acts.

What were your opinions on the difficulty in Nightmare and Hell?

They felt rather easy compared to D2s harder difficulties.

I'm a real D2 fan and I've already pre-downloaded D3 and can't wait for the 15th!

Proving my point, you liked diablo 1 and 2 now youll by 3 regardless of its shit.

PoE will be just a blip on the radar when it releases. The art direction alone and copy-pasting D2 guarantees it.

Just like diablo was a blip when it first came out. If anything the art direction guarantees it's success.

Will i buy d3? Probably.

Will i play it like i played d2? Expect not. If the game comes out and it turns out its not the diablo 2 turned game it appears to be, then great more power to it. But the people hating on PoE simply because it follows other games success is proof of the fanboiblizz cult that exsist. Blizzard is not perfect and their last game and last 3 expansions proved that.

I'm a "real" Diablo fan and I will buy D3. Weird. I think a more accurate statement would be "blizzard Haters will not buy D3. Because they have built up years and years of Blizzard hate and could not reconcile the contradiction"

if both of you are real fans you would see what im talking about, if you dont you never played diablo.

As someone who has been dreaming of Diablo 3 since it was first announced, lurking the website daily i feel as if the game does not retain its original image or feel the series used to have. I am not going to attempt to bash the game or create a hate thread, im going to state general facts of the game and the series.

1. Graphics (not this again)

Diablo 2, one of the most popular levels in the game by its general design and wow factorhttp://0.tqn.com/d/compactiongames/1/0/X/2/diablo210.jpg

Diablo 3, new updated graphics engine, the same used to create world of warcraft, and starcraft II is reused here. Now blizzard did this in its previous games as sc2 and d2 used the same graphics engines which there is nothing wrong with but the feel of these games has changed drastically.http://ninjalite.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/diablo-3-screenshot6.jpg

D3, has a lighter tone than the original 2 games, that much is obvious but what is hidden is how that changes the gameplay. Graphics dont make a game, but in d2 the darkness of a cave or prison and being surrounded by monsters from hell who also looked dark and scary changed the vibe.

2. GameplayGameplay essentially remains at the core of what D2 was, and i feel like they have done a good job in keeping this with the series.

3. Level designD3 does a horrible job at this from what we have seen so far. Most of the levels look like they were copied and pasted and renamed. You see this in the cathedral, also in D2 you would spend a good amount of time trying to find the right way to go and it made you feel accomplished when you get out of that damned place. In D3 i didnt see much of this it felt like the levels were just meant to be ran through.

4. PvPThe best part of D2 was the fact you would just sit in town and duel, we didnt need capture the flag or 3 on 3s (although they did happen), D3 has lost this and turned it more into a tournament style of fighting than what it used to be, and while it wont be out when the game is released blizzard isnt know for changing a design like this.

5. Monster designBlizzard north was amazing with the bosses they designed, they scared us, and made us fear Diablo. I didnt ever expect i would run into a fluffy marshmellow man like you will in D3.http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/06/3thousand-pounder-summoned_530x298.jpg

6. DRM/Offline playD2 had 2 different online game modes and a single player mode D3 has 1 single player mode and 1 multiplayer mode.

Open B.net anyone?

Open B.net was horrible for anyone that ever played it, filled with hackers and hacked items that were always insanely over powered and stupidly named but it was fun and kept some playing, doubt well see this in diablo 3.

7. (OPINION) Blizzard has changed.

http://www.grindinggear.com/?page=staffscroll to the bottom of this page, looks a little like the original blizzard team doesnt it?

Blizzard is not what it used to be. The games they produce now are geared towards a different audience, the belief that the "WoW formula" worked once and it must end eventually. Games like path of exile are giving us vets what we wanted and blizzard refuses. We asked for a Diablo themed ARPG and instead we get this instead. The same can be said about starcraft 2, we wanted a SC2 and what we got was starcraft, cartoon graphics, shitty balance issues (the original had them but not nearly as bad as sc2), and a horrible battle.net Diablo 3 will be a continuation of this. Diablo isnt a sequel, its world of warcraft with a top down view, 6 skills, and graphics that look like hell. PoE may not be the greatest graphics but they are far from outdated, the gameplay is better, feels better, and whats we true diablo fans wanted.

The real Diablo fans will not buy Diablo 3, the rest of you who are saw the add on the world of warcraft forums and will but it because its pretty.